Chicken Puff Pastry

recipe

You’ll never believe a dish this scrumptious, comforting and impressive-looking could be made with just a few ingredients lying around in your kitchen! It offers such an easy way to entertain friends. This week You! collaborates with cooking expert, Lubna Shariff, who brings you her delicious recipe for Chicken Puff Pastry. It’s delicious, easy to make and looks really fancy served out on the table. Happy eating!

Ingredients

Puff pastry 1 kg

Minced chicken (cooked) 1 cup

Butter as required

Garlic & ginger paste 1 tbsp

Tomato sauce as required

Cheese (shredded) 1/2 cup

Salt & pepper to season

Method

• Heat butter in a pan and add garlic ginger paste. Stir for a bit, add the chicken, and season it with salt and pepper. Once cooked, take it off the heat and keep it aside until needed.
  
• Roll the pastry into a large rectangle and spread the chicken mince evenly.
  
• Top that layer with cheese followed by tomato sauce over it.
  
• Bring opposite corners of pastry over each bundle; pinch seams to seal.
  
• Brush it with the egg yolk
  
• Bake in the oven for at least 25 minutes.
  
• Serve for either lunch or tea.

Photography by Naqeeb-ur-Rehman